It is possible to change IP address of a node, background http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/change-node-IP-address-td6197607.html
If you have already bought a new node back with a different IP and the nodes in the cluster have different views of the ring (nodetool ring) you should see http://www.datastax.com/docs/0.7/troubleshooting/index#view-of-ring-differs-between-some-nodes What version are you on and what does nodetool ring say? Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 9 May 2011, at 12:24, Venkat Rama wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to bring up a new node (with different IP) to replace a dead node > on cassandra 0.7.5. Rather than bootstrap, I am copying the SSTable files > to the new node(backed up files) as my data runs into several GB. Although > the node successfully joins the ring, some of the ring nodes still seem to > point to the old dead node as seen from ring command. Is there a way to > notify all nodes about the new node? Am looking for options that can bring > the cluster back to it original state in a faster and reliable manner since I > do have all the SSTable files. > One option I looked at was to remove all system table and restart the entire > cluster. But I loose the schemas with this approach. > > Thanks in advance for your reply. > > VR > >
